Before Stan Little, There Was Randy | An Interview with Mike Sacks

About this episode

An interview with Mike Sacks about the character Randy S and his journey from recordings to an audio series.

Before StanLand, there was a story about Randy S, a 30-something from Poolesville, Maryland with too many ideas, too much confidence, and pretty much zero self-awareness. Randy hired a creative writing grad to follow him around and document his life. Those recordings ended up on 11 CDs at a garage sale, which were later picked up by Mike Sacks and released as an audio series. In this special interview, StanLand Producer Marianna talks with author Mike Sacks about where Randy came from, why Dave Willis (co-creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force) is the only person who could play him, and why you kind of feel sorry for Randy, even when he's saying the most heinous things. Randy was originally released in 2018 but is now starting a new life as part of The Poolesville Chronicles, alongside StanLand and a brand new upcoming series currently under production! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Marianna

Guest: Mike Sacks

Topics covered

• interview
• creative writing
• audio series
• comedy
• character study

Keywords

• Randy S
• Mike Sacks
• Poolesville
• audio series
• creative writing
• StanLand
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Books & works: StanLand, The Poolesville Chronicles

Places: Poolesville, Maryland

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